Precisely monitored and controlled. Controllers who man the facility are the link between the president and joint chiefs of staff and the leaders of Strategic Air command. And on link between the site commander and the Strongest Military force ever conceived. Here at the Strategic Airspace museum, our mission is to commemorate the history and heritage of Strategic Air command and its legacy going back into world war ii. And also to inspire and educate our community and the next generation about space, science, technology, engineering, and math. Omahas connection to the military goes back to the late 1800s as the cavalry and u. S. Army developed for cook as an outpost to help combat aggressions by native americans protect pioneers, as you have different trails heading west. It developed into a training facility. In the early 1900s in 1924, the field at for cook was renamed offit field after jarvis offit the first omaha native aviator who died in world war i. From that point on, it was u